Pentecostal Church

History of ADEPR

The ADEPR church was started in Rwanda way back in 1940. It started as the Free Swedish Mission. In 1962, it was changed to Association d’Entraide des Eglises de Pentecotes du Rwanda (ADEEPR).

Later in January 1984, it was changed to Association des Eglises de Pentecotes du Rwanda, or ADEPR.

Structure of ADEPR

The head is the regional legal representative with a national executive committee. There are five regional leaders and 30 district pastors.

History of partnership with HOPE

HOPE started its partnership with ADEPR in August 2011. They started by working in four regions and are now currently working in 12 regions with 12 field coordinators with a total of almost 4,000 groups and 76,000+ members.